Another one of my collection ... The 'Spartus "35 f" Model 400'



This is without doubt one of the most simple cameras I own!
It has a single shutter speed "inst" which i would guess to be about 1/50th as well as a bulb or "time". The shutter is fired by a lever on the side of the lens. There are 3 aperture settings, f/16, f/11 and f/7.7 there is also a f/7.7 with a yellow filter labeled 'K-2'
The view finder has a reflective interior making it quite hard to accurately frame your subject.
There is nothing to prevent the user from taking photos on the same frame other than their own memory to wide the film on! Film wind is done by depressing a button on the back which releases a sprocket inside, then rotating the wheel on the top left of the camera.
The back clips on and of with a flick of a metal latch. There is a simple shot counter on the top of the camera.
Despite its flaws, its simplicity makes it a good fun camera to use ... and it takes lovely soft low contrast images with a vignette (ill post some soon)

Some more photos

The shutter release




Film wind release button


Back plate latch


VF and shot counter




Some photos i took with it on my old blog ... colour shots are a lot nicer - more to come.

A useful bit of info for shooting with cameras like this - sunny 16 rule

Shot taken with this camera http://www.realphotographersforum.co...-35f-model-400